{"id":1776,"date":"2020-03-21T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naimahassert.com\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2020-08-03T19:10:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T19:10:55","slug":"sa-majeste-des-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prochainelecture.com\/en\/sa-majeste-des-chats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sa Majest\u00e9 des Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Taken at random from the pile of Christmas presents, I was curious to dive back into some Bernard Werber, which I hadn't touched since I was... 10? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strange experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather original premise, which is to be expected from Werber: the narrator is a cat, who is called Bastet in reference to the Egyptian goddess who is half-cat and half-human. The world is being invaded by rats, and humanity is in danger. For Bastet, the next logical step is for the cats to take over the world; for humanity to be replaced by bliss (\"f\u00e9licit\u00e9\" in french, from <em>felis<\/em>, \"cat\") (I really liked this play on words). But before that, we have to eliminate the threat of an army of brown rats led by Tamerlan, a white rat with red eyes who became very intelligent after humans implanted a USB plug in the middle of his forehead. This plug allows him to access the Internet and communicate from mind to mind with all species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, he's not the only one with this knowledge: Pythagoras, a Siamese cat who is a friend of Bastet, also has a USB socket, and Bastet manages to dig one for herself. And they have an invaluable advantage over their enemy: a USB key that contains the famous Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge, i.e. the entirety of human knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convinced that her destiny is to be the queen of future bliss, Bastet then takes the leadership of a small group of humans and cats who, from one adventure to the next, ally themselves with other animal species and try to prove their superiority against those rat vermin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impressions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Werber is a pro. The tone is light, the humor is very present. Bastet is, as one might expect for a cat, proud, impatient, grumpy. She thinks she is the queen of the world, literally, she calls her human mistress her \"servant\", she is fully aware of her charm, she takes advantage of others, she believes that everything is due to her... but we love her the same. The story is original and quite gripping, the sentences flow, it is easy to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, a characteristic feature of Werber's books: the chapters are interspersed with excerpts from the Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge, which explain facts that are always interesting and surprising, so surprising sometimes that one wonders if they are true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at some point, I got bored, because the book is pure entertainment. It doesn't make you think at all, or very little. In these times of pandemic and social upheaval, I needed a little more substance. I can see a teenager or an adult on vacation who wants to get away from it all immersing themselves in this book with delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I'd be curious to dive back into The Ants, see if I get the same impression.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pris au hasard dans la pile de cadeaux de No\u00ebl, j&#8217;\u00e9tais curieuse de me replonger dans du Bernard Werber, que je n&#8217;avais pas touch\u00e9 depuis mes&#8230; 10 ans? Dr\u00f4le d&#8217;exp\u00e9rience. R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Pr\u00e9misse plut\u00f4t originale, ce \u00e0 quoi on peut s&#8217;attendre de Werber: la narratrice est une chatte, qui s&#8217;appelle Bastet en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 la d\u00e9esse \u00e9gyptienne mi-chatte mi-humaine. Le monde se fait envahir par les rats, et l&#8217;humanit\u00e9 est en danger. 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Et eux, ils ont un avantage inestimable sur leur ennemi : une clef USB qui contient la fameuse Encyclop\u00e9die du Savoir Relatif et Absolu \u00c9tendue, c&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire l&#8217;enti\u00e8ret\u00e9 des connaissances humaines. Persuad\u00e9e que son destin est d&#8217;\u00eatre la reine de la f\u00e9licit\u00e9 future, Bastet prend alors le leadership d&#8217;un petit groupe d&#8217;humains et de chats qui, d&#8217;aventure en aventure, s&#8217;allient \u00e0 d&#8217;autres esp\u00e8ces animales et tentent de prouver leur sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9 face \u00e0 ces vermines de rats. Impressions Werber est rod\u00e9 \u00e0 son travail. Le ton est l\u00e9ger, l&#8217;humour est tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sent. Bastet est, comme on pourrait s&#8217;attendre pour une chatte, orgueilleuse, impatiente, grognonne. 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Je vois par contre tr\u00e8s bien un adolescent ou un adulte en vacances qui veut s&#8217;\u00e9vader se plonger l\u00e0-dedans avec d\u00e9lice. 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Dr\u00f4le d&#8217;exp\u00e9rience. R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Pr\u00e9misse plut\u00f4t originale, ce \u00e0 quoi on peut s&#8217;attendre de Werber: la narratrice est une chatte, qui s&#8217;appelle Bastet en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 la d\u00e9esse \u00e9gyptienne mi-chatte mi-humaine. Le monde se fait envahir par les rats, et l&#8217;humanit\u00e9 est en danger. Pour Bastet, la suite logique est que les chats prennent le contr\u00f4le du monde; que l&#8217;humanit\u00e9 soit remplac\u00e9e par la &#8220;f\u00e9licit\u00e9&#8221; (de felis, &#8220;chat&#8221;) (j&#8217;ai beaucoup aim\u00e9 ce jeu de mots). Mais il faut auparavant \u00e9liminer la menace d&#8217;une arm\u00e9e de rats bruns dirig\u00e9s par Tamerlan, un rat blanc aux yeux rouges devenu tr\u00e8s intelligent \u00e0 la suite de l&#8217;implantation par les humains d&#8217;une prise USB au milieu de son front. Cette prise lui permet d&#8217;acc\u00e9der \u00e0 Internet et de communiquer d&#8217;esprit \u00e0 esprit avec toutes les esp\u00e8ces. Heureusement, il n&#8217;est pas le seul \u00e0 jouir de ce savoir: Pythagore, un chat siamois ami de Bastet, poss\u00e8de \u00e9galement une prise USB, et Bastet r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 s&#8217;en faire creuser une. Et eux, ils ont un avantage inestimable sur leur ennemi : une clef USB qui contient la fameuse Encyclop\u00e9die du Savoir Relatif et Absolu \u00c9tendue, c&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire l&#8217;enti\u00e8ret\u00e9 des connaissances humaines. Persuad\u00e9e que son destin est d&#8217;\u00eatre la reine de la f\u00e9licit\u00e9 future, Bastet prend alors le leadership d&#8217;un petit groupe d&#8217;humains et de chats qui, d&#8217;aventure en aventure, s&#8217;allient \u00e0 d&#8217;autres esp\u00e8ces animales et tentent de prouver leur sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9 face \u00e0 ces vermines de rats. Impressions Werber est rod\u00e9 \u00e0 son travail. Le ton est l\u00e9ger, l&#8217;humour est tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sent. Bastet est, comme on pourrait s&#8217;attendre pour une chatte, orgueilleuse, impatiente, grognonne. Elle se croit la reine du monde, litt\u00e9ralement, elle appelle sa ma\u00eetresse humaine sa &#8220;servante&#8221;, elle est pleinement consciente de son charme, elle profite des autres, elle croit que tout lui est d\u00fb&#8230; mais on l&#8217;aime pareil. L&#8217;histoire est originale et assez prenante, les phrases coulent, c&#8217;est facile \u00e0 lire. Et bien s\u00fbr, un trait caract\u00e9ristique des livres de Werber : les chapitres sont entrecoup\u00e9s d&#8217;extraits de l&#8217;Encyclop\u00e9die du Savoir relatif et absolu, qui expliquent des faits toujours int\u00e9ressants et surprenants, si surprenants parfois qu&#8217;on se demande s&#8217;ils sont vrais. Mais \u00e0 un moment, je me suis lass\u00e9e, car le livre n&#8217;est que pur divertissement. \u00c7a ne fait nullement r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir, ou si peu. En ces temps de pand\u00e9mie et de chamboulement de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, j&#8217;avais besoin d&#8217;un peu plus de substance. Je vois par contre tr\u00e8s bien un adolescent ou un adulte en vacances qui veut s&#8217;\u00e9vader se plonger l\u00e0-dedans avec d\u00e9lice. 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